O’Malley: Trump is a ‘racist’ and a ‘bigot’
"Donald Trump is a bigot. Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump is in fact making fascist appeals," the former Maryland governor said in a heated panel appearance on CNN's "State of the Union."
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Dissecting two names for Clinton’s VP shortlist
The state of the Trump campaign after a big shakeup. A preview of a battleground-state clash.
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnella s corruption conviction
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell accepted gifts such as golf outings, a Rolex watch and $15,000 for catering at his daughter's wedding from a wealthy businessman. But whether he returned the favors by taking "official action" to promote the businessman's interests is the question at the heart of a closely watched public corruption case the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on Monday.
Supreme Court set to close out current term with 3 big cases
The Supreme Court is set to close out its current term with opinions Monday in three remaining cases after a flurry of decisions last week. The last three cases concern regulation of Texas abortion clinics, the public corruption conviction of former Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and a federal law that seeks to keep guns out of the hands of people convicted of domestic violence.
Death toll may rise in destructive California wildfire
Lighter winds are helping firefighters make gains on a voracious and deadly wildfire in central California that has burned 150 homes and claimed two lives. Firefighters may have found human remains Saturday when they began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
Column: Why political correctness is a good thing
Why did a 29-year-old man who had previously been investigated by the FBI remain free and able to terrorize an Orlando gay bar? The NRA's Chris Cox wrote a column for USA Today identifying political correctness - specifically, the Obama administration's - as the chief factor in creating the opportunity for the massacre. He later doubled down on his claim in an interview with Face the Nation.
Financial reports reveal final steps leading up to Hassan’s decision to run for Senate
Gov. Maggie Hassan greets supporters at the State House as she files her declaration of candidacy papers to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate earlier this month. AP Just one year ago, the State House was abuzz with chatter about whether Gov. Maggie Hassan would jump into the U.S. Senate race.
Major battle over oil terminal unfolds in Pacific Northwest
Two companies proposing to build what would be the nation's largest oil-by-rail marine terminal along the Columbia River in Washington see it as an opportunity to link domestic crude oil from the Midwest to a West Coast port. Critics, however, see an environmental and safety catastrophe waiting to happen, especially after a train carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and burned on June 3 in Mosier, Oregon, just 70 miles upriver from the project site in Vancouver, Washington.
Two dead, 150 homes burned in central California wildfire
A voracious and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 150 homes and the toll may rise, fire officials said Saturday. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
Flood-Stricken West Virginia Counties Get Federal Disaster Designation
Three West Virginia counties devastated by flooding will receive federal disaster assistance, the state's governor announced Saturday as the death toll rose again. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide individual assistance, which includes emergency medical support, housing and addresses a number of immediate needs, to residents in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties, West Virginia officials said Saturday.
new23 dead in West Virginia floods; search and rescue continues
Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left at least 23 people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. Most of the dead and all of the missing, officials believe, were in the county of Greenbrier home of the renowned golf resort of the same name.
Obama previews stump speech; says no time for ‘charlatans’
Delayed from hitting the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama previewed his 2016 stump speech Friday for an incumbent governor instead, using a fundraiser here to hit Republicans for dividing the country and lambasting "charlatans" who seek personal gain from exploiting fears. Declaring GOP rhetoric a detriment to progress, Obama even borrowed Hillary Clinton's campaign slogan of "stronger together" to argue for unity in the country.
Kansas lawmakers pass school funding fix to avert shutdown
State Rep. Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, along with the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, looks over their new school finance plan. Friday June 24, 2016, at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan.
Workplace retaliation suit against Tammy Duckworth settled
A settlement in the workplace retaliation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth concluded Friday with an agreement that no law was violated, removing an obstacle in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in one of November's most competitive Senate races. The lawsuit from two employees of a home for veterans alleged Democrat Duckworth violated state ethics laws by taking action against them when she was head of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Kansas legislators close to passing school funding plan
State Rep. Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, along with the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, looks over their new school finance plan. Friday June 24, 2016, at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan.
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Kansas legislators struggle with passing school funding plan
Top Republicans were forced Friday to rewrite an education funding plan in hopes of pushing it through the Kansas Legislature, satisfying a court mandate and ending a looming threat that public schools across the state may shut down.
Advocates: $2.1 million cut to Senior Care Act will force more elderly Kansans out of homes
Panning as "penny wise and pound foolish" a recent $2.1 million cut to the state's Senior Care Act, 11 agencies that implement the program said the setback will force more elderly Kansans out of their homes and into expensive nursing facilities. "How does this make sense? This cut takes more than $2 million from a $7 million budget," said Janis DeBoer, executive director of the Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Disabilities, or K4AD, during a news conference Friday.
Brownback not bragging about state borrowing now
The state government borrowed $300 million internally in 2013 to help with its cash flow. Gov. Sam Brownback noted at the time that when he came into office in 2011 , the state had been borrowing about $700 million.
President Obama to visit Seattle Friday
President Barack Obama will visit Seattle Friday to attend fundraisers for Gov. Jay Inslee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.